$100 Gift Card for a kiddo up at Doernbechers!

Every month we donate a $100 Visa Gift Card to Doernbecher Children's Hospital that is gifted to one of the families fighting childhood cancer. We'll be doing this every month for as long as we can!

If you'd like to sponsor one of the months, give us a ring-a-ling and we'll make it happen! (503-343-5512 or email ldthawley@gmail.com)

You can also CLICK on the magical yellow button to DONATE!

Hunter Zen Thawley rocks on!

Cheers!

EASTER Toy Drive - 2012

A wonderful success...smiles ABUNDANT...and joy and love were spread all around. The Healing Hunter Foundation delivered super cool Easter bundles to all of the children that were admitted in the Oncology Unit at Doernbecher Children's Hospital 2 days before Easter. The day was just absolutely lovely, the sun was shining, and we took the hundreds of toys and goodies that were donated and stuffed their bundles to the rim with absolute goodness...and boy were they happy to get them!




One of my FAVORITE lil' guys from that day that wanted to thank us for our sweet delivery. Oh my goodness he was so darn cute :)

I was told his whole face lit up when he opened up his Easter bundle and saw all of the amazing toys and goodies! Filled the lil' missing piece of my heart up with such love and amazingly, cool Hunter joy.



This truly was JUST a sliver of the toys that were donated. Team in Training SHOWERED us with huge sacks of toys 3 days in a row after that photo was taken. Plus more toys arrived through the mail and then we went on one more shopping spree! SO FUN and such a good feeling to race through Toys R Us with money to spend on all of these amazing lil' warriors :)



Of COURSE, Lightning was shining amongst the piles and piles of toys!



"Thank You for all the love you pour into this!!! Ryland woke up for a few minutes and was so excited to see the great gifts! The Awesome Lightning McQueen computer was a HIT!!!" Jennifer Lampert - :)

This is just (3) of the MANY wagon loads we brought into Doernbechers that day. We also filled the Toy Chest, took the wagon through Clinic and let more kids pick out toys and then filled the Toy Cart. Toys were EVERYWHERE!



Vice President of the Healing Hunter Foundation, Zen Todd, and Coach Karl of Team in Training filling the Toy Box!



And then of course, I wanted to fill the Toy Box. Oh so fun to play the Easter Bunny!







Thank you SO MUCH to all that participated and made this magical day happen.
The Easter Bunny couldn't be more proud!




A Note from Coach Karl of Team in Training:

Last Friday I had the privilege in joining Lenore, Zen, and Ryder in delivering all of the Easter love to all of the brave kiddos up at Doernbecher's Hospital. The TNT love towards the toy drive and the Easter Bunny I'm sure was enough to p*** off Santa and all of his elves. Not only was it a Good Friday, but an amazing one. Lenore and I started off by filling the toy room with three wagons worth of Easter goodie bags. While we went back to fill up the wagons and a huge plastic laundry tote full of, "extra" toys, the diligent volunteers were off and running delivering all of the Easter bags to all of the kids. I have to say, I was looking forward to seeing all of the kids as they received the bags, but at the same time I would have probably been a mess,(don't tell anyone, but sometimes I can get a bit emotional). Some of the extra toys were set aside for Easter bags for any incoming kids during the weekend, some were stuffed away in a nurses' meeting room, some were taken to the clinic, and then we topped off the toy box in the lobby. As I was following Lenore pulling her wagon of toys, a woman came out of one of the rooms and saw that I was carrying extra Healing Hunter bags. She asked me if I was the one that did all of this, (no Ferber I didn't take credit for it). I called for Lenore and she invited us into the room with her young grandson. I can't remember exactly what type of cancer he is fighting, but he is in stage 4 and his name is Mason. Mason is pictured with Lenore in the picture I posted on the Yahoo Group, on the Healing Hunter blog below, and all over Facebook.



One of my buddies once told me to always be grateful and everything else in life will take care of itself. Mason's Grandma was sooo happy to see us and very grateful for the gifts Mason received. She showed us his journey beads, his sticker calendar, and black and white pictures of all of her grandkids together dressed in old western, cowboy gear. Mason gratefully hugged his Easter goodie bag with the most amazing smile and as we said our good byes, he insisted to his Grandma that Lenore and I deserved presents as well. If you look closely in the pic, there is a red heart shaped box on Mason's tray. Mason reached into the box and handed both of us an eraser. My eraser has a smiley face and reads, "Great Effort". I don't know if I will ever see Mason again, but I will never forget that moment and I will be eternally grateful for that gift.

"LOVE" Project

Who DOESN'T like to get a lil' LOVE on Valentines Day?!

And because we have such wonderful sponsors and amazing supporters,

we were able to give a whole lotta LOVE!

Another big success, a bunch of sweetness delivered

and a super wonderful day for all that were involved.

Many, many heartfelt thanks to all that participated!!!

These very hip and cool hearts, made by the lovely Vikki Jensen,

were stuffed with goodness and given to each kid that was

admitted at Doernbechers Children's Hospital, Oncology Unit.

Filled with Valentines cards, gift certificates and treats...the kids

and their families were very surprised and thoroughly enjoyed

their lil' bundles of LOVE :)

Coolest kid EVER! Below is Sam and his mom Dee, and not only did they receive

some super special LOVE on Valentines Day, but back in September,

Sam was also one of the kids that received one of the Healing Hunter Foundation's iPods!

The nurses all delivered the hearts stuffed with LOVE,

but Sam and his mom wanted to personally thank us,

so Ryder and I got to meet them!

He thanked us with a super sweet smile and

thought our foundation was really, really neat :)

He only has 5 more treatments out of 60, so he's almost done!

Way to go Sam!!!!! You're AWESOME!!!!!

It was a total honor to meet you and you're gonna beat cancer's BUTT!!

A true CHAMPION.

We received over 500 cards from people all over the world.

We even got cards all the way from ENGLAND

to share with the kids!

WOW!!

Ryder and I getting ready to go in to deliver the LOVE :)

A Groovy Kind of LOVE indeed :)

Spectacular Winter Wonderland

We were granted the amazing opportunity to transform the Doernbechers

Children's Hospital, Oncology Unit, into a Spectacular Winter Wonderland
for the holidays and WOW...absolutely fabulous

are the only words that come to mind.

We did it up, dazzling, Dr. Seuss Style and it was well received and

extremely appreciated by the patients and their families,

the staff, and all of the visitors that are in and out

of the hospital on a daily basis.

People from all over the country donated thousands of dollars

worth or ornaments to make it all happen and I'll have to say,

our supporters have great style!

These are all photographs of the ornaments that were donated

and the halls that were decorated :)

Our awesome tree topper!

The nurses station on 10 South as you enter the Oncology Unit.

The avenue of FIGHTERS.

Hunter and many, many, MANY

other warriors walked these halls and fought

and still continue to fight for their lives.

Our Dr. Seuss "Grinch" tree. Even Dr. Seuss took notice -

Dr. Seuss - "Very creative! We love it!"

This wonderful note was left behind the nurses station in Clinic.

Makes it all so worth it :)

We covered the walls with holiday cheer every single place we could...

And, of COUSE, Lightning McQueen made an appearance!

One of my favorite parts...the children's windows lined with garland.

Totally brought me to "Seussville"!

Our Healing Hunter Foundation ornaments that sold out in the first week!

We brightened every single nook and cranny.

And it all came from LOVE :)

"SUCH an amazing event. Tons and tons and TONS of people participated

and an amazing amount of people to thank :) Fantastic feedback.

Everyone up at the hospital loves it. Just lovely. Absolutely lovely.

It's an event that will hopefully continue for years and years to come."

Healing Hunter Foundation

iPod Birthday Bash

Every single, brave, kiddo that was admitted in the Doernbechers Children's Hospital, Oncology Unit, received an iPod Touch on behalf of Hunter Zen Thawley and his Foundation, the Healing Hunter Foundation. iPods were given as gifts to Honor what would have been Hunter's 4th Birthday. Hunter was rarely seen without his iPod and used it to dance, wiggle and giggle his way through his treatments as he battled AML Leukemia.

Sweet note to Hunter from Mom:

Happy Birthday Sunshine :) I'm up right now baking cupcakes

to take in today to Doernbechers. I'm using our Lightning McQueen

cupcake cups and they're making me smile pretty big right now.

You are such a sweet love, and you and your beautiful energy

are going to deliver absolute sweetness today

....goes hand-in-hand with Lightning Cupcakes.

i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you.

My love for you is never ending.....

it will just go on forever and ever and ever and ever.....tee hee.

Shine on Baby Love......

Stefani Sucic -

Today we all celebrate an amazing angel ...

and we hug and cherish his mom and dad and baby brother.

You spread your love and kindness every day, and I know I speak

for all those who have been touched by Hunter and your amazing grace,

thank you for your unselfish love.

Two of our fabulous sponsors, Paul Stanley, from KISS

and Celebrity Hairstylist, Chaz Dean,

also known for his AMAZING Wen products.

Both donated iPods to help entertain and distract the

children from the everyday battle of dealing with their

disease and living in and out of the hospital for,

sometimes, weeks or months at a time.

Hunter and his iPod...never a single moment without it :)

Fox 12 News covering the story :)

Super happy kiddos!

Reina Jenkins

My son Tanner is one of the kids that received this special gift! We've been in 10S for Bone Marrow Transplant. He's been in isolation for 3 weeks...this will be a special treat for him. He's still sleeping and I can't wait for him to wake up. Thank you so much for sharing Hunter's special day with us. We will be sure to share some pictures!

.......

Definitely put a smile on our lil guys face...very hard these days to do! Thank you again for sharing Hunter's special day with Tanner. Grateful for one smile at a time!

Elizabeth Curley

My son, Mason, also was among the other children at doernbecher's
that was given such a generous gift. Mason was diagnosed with
stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma on 9/13/2011... it broke my heart
and took my breath away all at the same time. i know we have
a long road ahead of us! Thank you soo much for the opportunity to get to
know hunters story and also for putting a smile on my sons face
he needed it bc today was not one of his good days... :'-( thank you again!